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Humpback

Noun

hump=back

WORDNET DICTIONARY

humpback(n = noun.state) hunchback, kyphosis - an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column; Array

is a kind of spinal curvature

humpback(n = noun.person) crookback, hunchback - a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine; Array

is a kind of cripple

humpback(n = noun.animal) humpback whale, megaptera novaeangliae - large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives; Array

is a kind of baleen whale, whalebone whale

is a member of genus megaptera, megaptera

Humpback, n. [Cf. Hunchback.].

A crooked back; a humped back. Tatler. [1913 Webster]
A humpbacked person; a hunchback. [1913 Webster]
Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and Megaptera osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is Megaptera versabilis. [1913 Webster]

Humpback, n.
1 a a deformed back with a hump. b a person having this.
2 a baleen whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, with a dorsal fin forming a hump.

Idiom

humpback bridge Brit. a small bridge with a steep ascent and descent.

Derivative

humpbacked adj.

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